German Wine between $10 and $25

Deliciously aromatic and with a dash of sweetness. Always a match for assertively-spiced dishes, this wine is deep-fruited, sweet, joyful, and full of tea roses and pink grapefruit. Borell-Diehl comes from the rolling hills of... Read More

This dry white is made in the classic style: fresh, crisp, limey, and ridiculously easy to drink. A modest 12% alcohol with great acids and no oak (of course), it beats Pinot Grigio at its own game, offering great refreshment... Read More

Saint Laurent is an Austrian grape that is thought to be a cross of pinot noir and savagnin. It typically makes dark, rather aggressive wines; however, it makes a wonderfully bright and flavorful rosé! This offering is... Read More

The fresh, balanced taste of Clean Slate is achieved by carefully selecting grapes from vineyards throughout the Mosel. The steep blue slate slopes of the Lower Mosel give the wine its minerality while the Middle Mosel provides... Read More

From gypsum marly Kemper soils and vinified in 300-liter barrels for a year and for another seven months sur lie in stainless steel, the 2020 Chardonnay Bönnigheim Sonnenberg opens with a ripe and pretty complex, reductive... Read More

This crisp, refreshing Riesling captures the elegant and racy characteristics of steep, slate-soil Mosel vineyards at a very reasonable price. Flavors of crisp green apples and succulent peaches are interwoven with zesty minerality... Read More

Whiffs of steel and smoke introduce this very angular dry Riesling. Sourced from loess soils, it's a mineral-focused wine accented by spine-tingling lime and lemon acidity. An excellent value pairing with oysters or raw fish.... Read More

It has always been, for me, the emblematic wine for this laudable estate. And for them, “feinherb” is a drier wine than for many others. If proof was ever needed – and it isn’t, not anymore, despite the... Read More

Matthias Hild farms 5ha in the upper Mosel doing something that makes almost zero financial sense: saving old, terraced parcels of Elbling. In this area, however, it’s important to understand Elbling is something of a religion.... Read More

Roter Riesling is a unique grape that is indigenous to Germany but fell out of favor for the more prominent and less temperamental varietal. Roter (redder) Riesling has started finding traction again as warmer climates have made... Read More

Bruno is Karthauserhof’s snap-shot of Mosel terroir named in homage to Bruno of Cologne, founder of the Carthusian order—whose monastery gave rise to the estate. Sourced from steep, slate-rich vineyards in the Mosel... Read More

For hundreds of years now, Grüner Silvaner has called Rheinhessen home. And of course this spicy and nimble wine is the go-to when it comes to German “spargel” (asparagus). But we believe it is capable of far... Read More

Sometimes simplicity with a wine, not trying to masquerade or follow fads, is what’s called for – a certain honesty and rusticity so omnipresent it can be soul stirring. Firmly dry, with flashes of melons and cut wet... Read More

This beautifully combines the fruity and zesty elements, delivering great harmony between a vibrant array of peach, dried apricot and white-plum flavors and the firm backbone of acidity. The long, supple finish is well spiced.... Read More

With forward fruit and floral aromas of apples and peaches with just a hint of citrus, the wine’s natural acidity gives it a perfect balance that is refreshingly crisp and leaves your mouth watering. Enjoy by itself, with... Read More

Elektrisch means electric, and that's exactly how Florian Fauth's Kabinett from Weingut Seehof strikes you—It's light, delicate, and zesty, and much drier than many Kabinetts that are closer to Spätlese.... Read More

In an ocean of rosés from the warmest wine making regions on earth, the Mosel’s joyful rebel Ulrich “Ulli” Stein makes one of the few Mosel rosés. The Mosel, one of the world’s coolest-climate... Read More

This is a restrained, juicy style of riesling with pear, Persian melon and pineapple dominating, with well defined wet stone character. The lingering finish is concentrated and soothingly satisfying.

Nestled in the far southwest corner of Germany, overlooking the snow-covered Alps, are the Ziereisens. The Ziereisen family has claimed the small village of Efringen-Kirchen in Baden as their home since 1734, situated directly... Read More